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单词 apple-bobbing
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apple-bobbing
apple-bobbing n. a game in which players attempt to pick up apples floating in water using only their mouths, traditionally played at fairs or on Halloween; (also) the action of playing this game; cf. bob-apple n. at bob v.3 Compounds.
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1889 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Oct. 3/3 ‘Kaling’, ‘Apple Bobbing’, the game of the ‘Three Luggies’.., are quite familiar as belonging to Hallow Eve.
1909 Daily Chron. 3 Aug. 3/5 What with apple-bobbing, and tugs-of-war, and obstacle races, and..the like—the whole summer day was hardly long enough.
2005 Peterborough (Ont.) Examiner (Nexis) 4 Nov. b3 Apple bobbing, pumpkin carving and..making dancing skeletons kept everyone busy.
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